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It may have been the "least suspenseful announcement of all time" (as President Obamaput it), but the announcement today that Rahm Emanuel has resigned as White House chief of staff sets off a whole new dose of suspense in Chicago.

John Adams, 59, a retired fishing and hunting magazine publisher, lived for 15 years in the Seattle suburb of Bothell, the same city where Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) grew up. He's voted for Murray in each of her three races since 1992, when she first won election to the Senate by running as a "mom in tennis shoes" - a label that Adams says "was as authentic as it ever came."

A new Fox News poll shows that American Constitution Party candidate Tom Tancredo has overtaken businessman Dan Maes (R) and is now within striking distance of Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper (D) in the Colorado gubernatorial race.

The two national party committees tasked with winning House seats have begun to spend down their bank accounts on scads of ads that provide our best window yet into what each side views as its biggest opportunities and vulnerabilities.

A new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll shows that a majority of voters believe that President Obama inherited the current problems with the economy although other data in the poll suggests potential trouble brewing on the issue for the White House.

Democratic strategists are -- quietly -- growing more optimistic about their chances in the fall election, pointing to improving poll numbers in individual House races as well as an uptick in enthusiasm within the Democratic base nationally.

Former Rep. Rick Lazio (R) announced Monday that he will not press forward with a third-party campaign for governor of New York, likely closing the book on a once-promising political career that has run into a series of unexpected hurdles in recent years.

Eighteen states are slated to gain or lose congressional seats after this election cycle, with governor's race Florida and New York now taking on increased importance in this year's elections, according to the latest estimates from Election Data Services.

South Dakota Sen. John Thune appears to be running for president. But whether he can win or not depends largely on whether Republican voters want to nominate their version of President Obama -- or not.

New Gallup numbers show that more than seven in ten Republicans describe themselves as conservative or very conservative, numbers that exceed past data points and affirm the growing power of the ideological right within the party.